@vimeddiee / vimeddiee.tumblr.com
Before going on hiatus I finished this rude merman redraw for patrons 🧜🏽♂️
The original one was moderately popular back then (10 years ago already omg) and I even got some tattoo requests, which blew my mind hahah.
Here's the print for your burly merman needs!
I'm going on hiatus!
It was a difficult month (few months, really) for me in terms of work. I started an illustration gig in May, with a deadline in June...I ended up finishing in September due to client issues. This job broke me, or at least landed the final blow and I am completely burnt out. Looking at art, thinking about it, makes me feel sick. I've been burnt out over the years, but it's never happened to me at this level before!
I'm no longer posting on twitter, just looking at the platform makes me want to scream and throw up, so I'm mostly on bluesky these days. I've uninstalled most social media apps from my phone and tbh I'm enjoying the silence, even if it's disconcerting.
October is my birthday month, and my gift to myself will be a much-needed (and kind of mandatory) break. I live in a two-income household, but will have to depend on my spouse financially for a while, and I'm fortunate to be in a position to do that. Whatever extra I can contribute, will be from prints and book sales. We were already scraping by, so this burnout comes at a bad time haha.
I will be pausing October billing on Patreon, so paying members will not be charged for the month. (Those of you being charged right now are being charged for September!)
While on break, I'll be travelling to see my family and dealing with various health things. I may be a bit disconnected, but the idea is to use this time to make a plan about what I can do about work in the future...maybe get some inspiration and motivation. I feel like I've been forced into this situation by my own brain, so I need to pamper it for a little bit to say sorry for not listening 😭
If you still want to support me during my break:
My digital comic store: https://payhip.com/Vimeddiee
Print store: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/vimeddiee/
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/vimeddiee
Thank you so much!
'Ello, remember I drew a bunch of yummy food a while ago? There's a digital art book out now!
55 pages of work and WIPs up in my digital store
Bon Appetit!
I'm going on hiatus!
It was a difficult month (few months, really) for me in terms of work. I started an illustration gig in May, with a deadline in June...I ended up finishing in September due to client issues. This job broke me, or at least landed the final blow and I am completely burnt out. Looking at art, thinking about it, makes me feel sick. I've been burnt out over the years, but it's never happened to me at this level before!
I'm no longer posting on twitter, just looking at the platform makes me want to scream and throw up, so I'm mostly on bluesky these days. I've uninstalled most social media apps from my phone and tbh I'm enjoying the silence, even if it's disconcerting.
October is my birthday month, and my gift to myself will be a much-needed (and kind of mandatory) break. I live in a two-income household, but will have to depend on my spouse financially for a while, and I'm fortunate to be in a position to do that. Whatever extra I can contribute, will be from prints and book sales. We were already scraping by, so this burnout comes at a bad time haha.
I will be pausing October billing on Patreon, so paying members will not be charged for the month. (Those of you being charged right now are being charged for September!)
While on break, I'll be travelling to see my family and dealing with various health things. I may be a bit disconnected, but the idea is to use this time to make a plan about what I can do about work in the future...maybe get some inspiration and motivation. I feel like I've been forced into this situation by my own brain, so I need to pamper it for a little bit to say sorry for not listening 😭
If you still want to support me during my break:
My digital comic store: https://payhip.com/Vimeddiee
Print store: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/vimeddiee/
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/vimeddiee
Thank you so much!
I finished the pilot comic strip of Rock Bottom for patrons! The first comic of my caveman BL universe 🙌🏼
This was voted for August by members and I'm so grateful they did hahah
Out of curiosity, because I've paid for daily pass on a couple webtoons in the past, under the impression that the creators get a cut. Do you not get any of the money when someone pays for daily pass on your webtoon??
We definitely definitely don't!
Especially if we signed on before ad revenue was a thing, my contract started in 2015 for Webtoon Originals, which UtA is a part of. Once it ended in 2017, all payment stopped. I have no control over my comic, nor see any of the money Webtoon makes from people reading it 😭
At least on Tapas I can make a liiiiittle bit off ads (as long as readers don't have adblockers enabled), which is more than zero from Webtoon!
This was my first ever webcomic, finished in 2017 and previously only published to Webtoon due to publishing rights.
It's now free to binge! 🙌🏼
Wait wait Webtoon LOCKED UNDER THE AEGIS??? Is this a real thing they did omg they're squeezing every last cent out of folks over a comic that I always wanted to be free-to-read. I'm furious hahah
I want to make caveman parodies a regular thing
June's piece for supporters! I completed a fic WIP of my OC Lazarus.
Check out my series Ash & Salt, all my D&D comics and characters in mostly chronological order!
This particular story happens about a decade before Tuhka and Lazarus' reunion comic
Enjoy!
[CW: Death, blood]
I know its years old now, but have you ever thought about reposting that old Anahardt comic? It seems to have disappeared and the only versions I see anymore are reposts.
(Broken link) vibaddiee.tumblr.com/post/160100168161/rein-is-a-gentleman-and-says-please-and-thank
Hiiii
Yes, that comic is on my adult twitter! I haven't had access to my 18+ tumblr since the 2017 purge so the only way to see it is on my twitter and through reposts 🥲 I like keeping nsfw stuff separate from main.
I might repost to my 18+ bluesky now that you've reminded me of it!
It's Pride, so here's my caveman BL universe I've been tinkering with 🌈
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EYYYYYY I have a Mermay sale happening on my merman comic!
All The Ocean Soul products are half price ✨
Sale runs through to May 31st!
Last days of my mermay sale!
Remember my first webcomic, Under the Aegis?
It's now up on Tapas! ✨ Updates Tuesdays & Fridays.
Why, you ask? After all this time? Well, since it was contract work with Webtoon, and Webtoon is making profits from it (and ad money) which I don't see a cent of, plus I have no control over the series due to it being a Webtoon product so I can't change it or move it, I decided to make a backup on Tapas.
I signed on with Webtoon in 2015 and they published UtA until it ended in 2017. They had exclusive e-publishing rights until 2020 (which was when I started to work on UtA ebooks to sell). I stopped getting paid in 2017, but UtA has been profitable for WT ever since.
I decided to make another home for UtA on Tapas, so that folks could enjoy it and reread it there, and where I had more control over publishing! It feels nice to organise it the way I want, and I'm feeling all my old feelings about my characters again 🥺
Just checking it out there and/or sharing already helps bunches 🙏🏼
Thank you!
